Example sentences of "i [was/were] thinking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was thinking along the lines of a gentle 90-minute run … but gradually the women and the M60s and then even the M65s began to pass me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ So obviously I was thinking along the same lines as him . |
| 3 | ‘ I was thinking along the lines of getting there today , sir , if you do n't mind . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I was thinking along the lines of a family home when I bought this , ’ he said abruptly . |
| 5 | A twist to his lips , he added , ‘ I was thinking along the same lines myself when my father pre-empted me . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm sorry , I think I 've forgotten what I was thinking at the time , erm |
| 7 | I was thinking about the relative merits of a bottle or two of Ruddles from the fridge or a glass or two of Sancerre or even , in the circumstances , something stronger , when there was a knock on my door . |
| 8 | ‘ I was thinking about the twins , ’ protested Preston . |
| 9 | ‘ I was thinking about the irrelevance to psychoanalysis of wit and accountability , ’ said Finch . |
| 10 | I was thinking about the client 's extra costs . |
| 11 | " I was thinking about the wedding-dress . " |
| 12 | I was silent too , because I was thinking about the old man . |
| 13 | I was thinking about the baby . |
| 14 | ‘ Actually , I was thinking about the bridge — today 's bush walkers , and the fact that the river 's up . ’ |
| 15 | I was thinking about the Sheff Wed game on 12 Feb . |
| 16 | Right , I 've forgotten what I was going to ask now , no it 's alright , I was thinking about the circumstances , I was thinking about er , er , a dependent left behind you , sorry . |
| 17 | ‘ I was thinking about the day I went to your house to pick you up . ’ |
| 18 | I was n't thinking about that , I was thinking about the way you were walking |
| 19 | I was n't thinking about that , I was thinking about the playgroup downstairs . |
| 20 | I was thinking about the Wigan one . |
| 21 | Knowledge of German … little … ’ — I was thinking of the pleasure of being once again among my own people . |
| 22 | I was thinking of the colour of her hair : Daniel , you may remember , alluded to her as a redhead . |
| 23 | But I was thinking of the ones you see in cottages . |
| 24 | ‘ Before we came aboard this ship I was thinking of the possibilities . ’ |
| 25 | I was thinking of the first one which was reproduced in Herbert Read . |
| 26 | I was thinking of the compromise , Sebastian 's , my own . |
| 27 | I was thinking of the mothers . |
| 28 | Yeah that 's the thing I was thinking of the T R P like you say the transition relevance point . |
| 29 | And I was thinking of the future . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I was thinking of the property , rather than of you and Doreen , ’ she retorted , while silently admitting the truth of his accusation . |